Allegheny Technologies CEO Pat Hassey
to Speak at JP Morgan Aviation and Transportation
Conference
Contact: Dan L. Greenfield (412)
394-3004
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- March 14,
2008 -- Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:
ATI) announced that L. Patrick Hassey, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, will speak at the JP Morgan Aviation
and Transportation Conference in New York, NY on March 18,
2008. Mr. Hassey's remarks and presentation slides will be
available at 2:15 p.m. (ET) on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, on
ATI's website www.alleghenytechnologies.com
under the "Investors" tab.
The presentation will contain "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Certain statements in this news release relate to
future events and expectations and, as such, constitute
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include
those containing such words as "anticipates," "believes,"
"estimates," "expects," "would," "should," "will," "will
likely result," "forecast," "outlook," "projects," and similar
expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on
management's current expectations and include known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which
we are unable to predict or control, that may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to materially differ from
those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements
include: (a) material adverse changes in economic or industry
conditions generally, including credit market conditions and
related issues, and global supply and demand conditions and
prices for our specialty metals; (b) material adverse changes
in the markets we serve, including the aerospace and defense,
construction and mining, automotive, electrical energy,
chemical process industry, oil and gas, and other markets; (c)
our inability to achieve the level of cost savings,
productivity improvements, synergies, growth or other benefits
anticipated by management, including those anticipated from
strategic investments and the integration of acquired
businesses, whether due to significant increases in energy,
raw materials or employee benefits costs, the possibility of
project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses, or
other factors; (d) volatility of prices and availability of
supply of the raw materials that are critical to the
manufacture of our products; (e) declines in the value of our
defined benefit pension plan assets or unfavorable changes in
laws or regulations that govern pension plan funding; (f)
significant legal proceedings or investigations adverse to us;
and (g) other risk factors summarized in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and in other
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.. We
assume no duty to update our forward-looking statements.
Building the World's Best Specialty Metals
Company?
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest
and most diversified specialty metals producers in the world
with revenues of $5.5 billion during 2007. ATI has
approximately 9,700 full-time employees world-wide who use
innovative technologies to offer growing global markets a wide
range of specialty metals solutions. Our major markets are
aerospace and defense, chemical process industry/oil and gas,
electrical energy, medical, automotive, food equipment and
appliance, machine and cutting tools, and construction and
mining. Our products include titanium and titanium alloys,
nickel-based alloys and superalloys, stainless and specialty
steels, zirconium, hafnium, and niobium, tungsten materials,
grain-oriented silicon electrical steel and tool steels, and
forgings and castings. The Allegheny Technologies website is
www.alleghenytechnologies.com.
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